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I have been playing with OpenCV (I am pretty new to it) to display live camera. What I wanted to do next was to draw lines on it with my mouse. Does anyone know how to do this? So far, what I have is:

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#include "cv.h"
#include "highgui.h"

int main( int argc, char **argv )
{
CvCapture *capture = 0;
IplImage  *frame = 0;
int       key = 0;

/* initialize camera */
capture = cvCaptureFromCAM( 0 );

/* always check */
if ( !capture ) {
    fprintf( stderr, "Cannot open initialize webcam!\n" );
    return 1;
}

/* create a window for the video */
cvNamedWindow( "Testing", CV_WINDOW_AUTOSIZE );

while( key != 'q' ) {
    /* get a frame */
    frame = cvQueryFrame( capture );

    /* always check */
    if( !frame ) break;

    /* display current frame */
    cvShowImage( "result", frame );

    /* exit if user press 'q' */
    key = cvWaitKey( 1 );

}

/* free memory */
cvDestroyWindow( "result" );
cvReleaseCapture( &capture );

return 0;
}

If anyone could help me draw lines on the live video, or if anyone knows of any tips, I'd greatly appreciate it! Thanks!

Joel Coehoorn
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ben
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  • possible duplicate of [Draw on webcam using OpenCV](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5490655/draw-on-webcam-using-opencv) – karlphillip Oct 17 '11 at 14:08
  • Check my answer at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5490655/draw-on-webcam-using-opencv/5493633#5493633 It has working source code that shows how to do what you are looking for. – karlphillip Oct 17 '11 at 14:09

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If it helps, here is my code for drawing rectangles on multiple sized video streams

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "opencv2/imgproc/imgproc.hpp"
#include "opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp"
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <iostream>
#define SSTR( x ) dynamic_cast< std::ostringstream & >(( std::ostringstream() << std::dec << x ) ).str()

using  namespace std;
using namespace cv;

Rect box;  //global structures needed for drawing
bool drawing_box = false;
struct mousecallbackstruct{
    Mat* src;
    Mat* overlay;
    string windowname;
};

Mat srcoverlay,smallsrcoverlay;  //an overlay must be created for each window you want to draw on

void onMouse(int event, int x, int y, int flags, void* param)  //it seems the only way to use this is by keeping different globals for different windows - meaning you have to set up all thise ahead of time, and keep track of it and not mix/match windows/frames!!  horrible design here.
{
    cout << event;
    mousecallbackstruct mousestruct;
    mousestruct = *((mousecallbackstruct*)param);
    Mat* srcp = mousestruct.src;
    Mat* overlayp = mousestruct.overlay;                        // yeah, yeah, i use 7 lines where I could use 3, so sue me
    Mat src = *srcp;
    Mat overlay = *overlayp;

    if(!src.data){
        cout <<  "your void * cast didn't work :(\n";
        return;
    }
    switch( event ){
        case CV_EVENT_MOUSEMOVE: 
            if( drawing_box ){
                box.width = x-box.x;
                box.height = y-box.y;
            }
            break;

        case CV_EVENT_LBUTTONDOWN:  //start drawing
            drawing_box = true;
            box = cvRect( x, y, 0, 0 );
            break;
        case CV_EVENT_LBUTTONDBLCLK:  //double click to clear
            drawing_box = false;
            overlay.setTo(cv::Scalar::all(0));  //clear it
            break;
        case CV_EVENT_LBUTTONUP:  //draw what we created with Lbuttondown
            drawing_box = false;
            if( box.width < 0 ){
                box.x += box.width;
                box.width *= -1;
            }
            if( box.height < 0 ){
                box.y += box.height;
                box.height *= -1;
            }
            rectangle( overlay, Point(box.x, box.y), Point(box.x+box.width,box.y+box.height),CV_RGB(100,200,100),4);  //draw rectangle.  You can change this to line or circle or whatever.  Maybe with the Right mouse button.
            break;
    }
}


void iimshow(mousecallbackstruct* mystructp){  //this is where we add the text/drawing created in the mouse handler to the actual image (since mouse handler events do not coincide with the drawing events)

    mousecallbackstruct mystruct = *mystructp;  //custom struct made for the mouse callback - very handy for other functions too
    Mat overlay, src;
    Mat* srcp = mystruct.src;
    Mat* overlayp = mystruct.overlay;
    src = *srcp;                                // yeah, yeah, i use 9 lines where I could use 3, so sue me
    overlay = *overlayp;
    string name = mystruct.windowname;
    Mat added,imageROI;

    try{
        //cout << "tch:" << overlay.rows << "," << src.rows << ";" <<  overlay.cols <<  "," << src.cols << ";" <<  src.channels() <<  "," << overlay.channels() <<"," <<  src.type() <<  "," << overlay.type() << "\n";
        if(overlay.data && overlay.rows == src.rows && overlay.cols == src.cols && overlay.channels() == src.channels()){  //basic error checking
            add(src,overlay,added);
        }else{
           //try to resize it
            imageROI= overlay(Rect(0,0,src.cols,src.rows));
            add(src,imageROI,added);
        }

        imshow(name,added);// the actual draw moment

    }catch(...){  //if resize didn't work then this should catch it and you can see what didn't match up
        cout << "Error.  Mismatch:" << overlay.rows << "," << src.rows << ";" <<  overlay.cols <<  "," << src.cols << ";" <<  src.channels() <<  "," << overlay.channels() <<"," <<  src.type() <<  "," << overlay.type() << "\n";
        imshow(name + "overlay",overlay);
        imshow(name+"source",src);
    }
}

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[]){

    VideoCapture cap(0); // open the default camera
    if(!cap.isOpened()) { // check if we succeeded
        cout << "NO camera found \n";
        return -1;
    }

    Mat src,smallsrc,overlay;
    cap >> src;  //grab 1 frame to build our preliminary Mats and overlays

    srcoverlay.create(src.rows,src.cols,src.type());  //create overlays
    smallsrcoverlay.create(src.rows,src.cols,src.type());
    srcoverlay.setTo(cv::Scalar::all(0));  //clear it
    smallsrcoverlay.setTo(cv::Scalar::all(0));  //clear it

    namedWindow( "smallsrc", CV_WINDOW_AUTOSIZE );
    namedWindow( "source", CV_WINDOW_AUTOSIZE );  //these must be created early for the setmousecallback, AND you have to know what Mats will be using them and not switch them around :(
    moveWindow("smallsrc",1000,100);  //create a small original capture off to the side of screen

    ////////////// for each window/mat that uses a mouse handler, you must create one of these structures for it and pass it into the mouse handler, and add a global mat for overlays (at top of code)
    mousecallbackstruct srcmousestruct,smallsrcmousestruct;  //these get passed into the mouse callback function.  Hopefully they update their contents automatically for the callback?  :(
    srcmousestruct.overlay = &srcoverlay;  //fill our custom struct
    srcmousestruct.src = &src;
    srcmousestruct.windowname = "source";

    smallsrcmousestruct.overlay = &smallsrcoverlay;  //the small window
    smallsrcmousestruct.src = &smallsrc;
    smallsrcmousestruct.windowname = "smallsrc";

    setMouseCallback(smallsrcmousestruct.windowname, onMouse, (void*)&smallsrcmousestruct); //the actual 'set mouse callback' call
    setMouseCallback(srcmousestruct.windowname, onMouse, (void*)&srcmousestruct);

    for(;;){  //main loop
      /// Load an image
      cap >> src;

      if( !src.data )
      { return -1; }

      resize(src,smallsrc,Size(),.5,.5);  //smaller scale window of original

      overlay = *srcmousestruct.overlay;
      src = *srcmousestruct.src;

      iimshow(&srcmousestruct);  //my imshow replacement.  uses structs
      iimshow(&smallsrcmousestruct);

      if(waitKey(30) == 27) cin.get();  //esc pauses
    }
    cin.get();
    return 0;
}
john k
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You will have to be more clear as to what you mean by drawing on the video.
One option is to handle the mouse positions, by drawing the lines between them, on a black/blank "mask" image, and "apply" this image to each video frame before it is displayed.

Adi Shavit
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To capture mouse events you need to create a callback. This callback will be tied to a specific named window. The documentation for the call cvSetMouseCallback is pretty good. The callback function will know current position and button click information. From there you can capture points on mouse clicks and use those points with cvLine to draw on your frame.

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  • he doesnt want to mouseclik the points. he wants to mouve the mouse an draw it.dont answer other than he is asking – sotiraw Oct 17 '11 at 14:03
  • The call cvSetMouseCallback handles clicks AND moves. If you monitor the event CV_EVENT_MOUSEMOVE then you can move the mouse and draw on the screen, without clicking. – Ryan Oct 19 '11 at 21:05